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Iranian authorities on Friday released from prison French-Iranian academic Fariba Adelkhah, who was first arrested in June 2019 and was serving a five-year sentence on national security charges vehemently denied by supporters, the French foreign ministry said. A foreign ministry statement said France "welcomed" the release, saying she had been…

Coach takes lessons from last year’s Paris defeat into the first Six Nations game to feature the world’s current top two

The Azzurri suffered late heartbreak in their Six Nations opener against France

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Friday accused France of jeopardising EU unity on Ukraine by organising a Franco-German dinner in Paris with the Ukrainian president that excluded other European allies.

Former Russian TV editor, who was under house arrest, described her journey across Europe last October

The two sides are tactically trying to achieve the same thing but they go about it in very different ways

In November 2022, thousands of young Chinese people took to the streets to protest repeated Covid-19 lockdowns, constant PCR tests and to demand greater freedom. The movement was stifled in a few days and authorities abandoned their strict zero-Covid policy. But if China's youth took the risk to voice their…

Meanwhile, Scottish salmon was UK’s biggest food export during 2022

French President Emmanuel Macron has said he might strip his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin of France's top honour, but is waiting for the "right moment" to do so.